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. G. L. PUT-NAM. RAILWAY METALLIC GROSS TIE AND THOUGH.

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UNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

OSS-TIE AND TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,842, dated October 2 1883.

Application filed February 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it knownthat I, GEORGE L.'PUTNAM, of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway Metallic Cross-Ties and Trough, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a. railway cross-tie, made of metal, whose shape will admit of its being used in connectionwith a trough for the purpose of supplying water to the tank of alocomotive, as will behereinafter more fully explained.

The shape of my improvedtie and the means by which I secure it to the rails and also the trough are fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the tie having secured to it the rails cm and the trough A. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, through the line at m, Fig. 1, showing the manner of securing the rails to the tie by means of the clips 0 and bolts 0. Fig. 3 illustrates my improved tie constructed to be used without the trough A, so that, should it becomenecessary to lengthen out a trough or insert an additional one at any location on the road, it could be doneby simply cutting out the strip m.

The clips 0 are usually cast or constructed with the tie, and are preferably made so that one will rest against the inside of the rail and the other against the outside of the opposite rail, so that the tie can be slid out endwi'se when it becomes necessary to inserta new one. When the tie is used with the trough, it is best to use it without the permanent clips, as the trough will not very well admit of their use. The tie in this case must be slid under the trough and then brought up in position under the rails. It is therefore best to use the adjustable clips 0 both on the inside and The shape of my improved tie is illustrated tended to act as an anchorage to hold the tie 4 5 in position, and the flange cl is to give it bearing-surface and prevent its sinking. The flange h is to givethe proper bearing surface to the trough.

The trough A is composed of iron or any suitable material, made water-tight. It is of about the shape herein illustrated, and usually made about one-fourth of amile inlength. Thus, by the aid of a chute, the. engineer of a passing locomotive is enabled to fill the locomotive-tank with water without stopping his engine. A serious objection heretofore to the use of a trough of this kind has been that, in order to place the trough in a position between the tracks, it often became necessary to cut the tie in two parts, ,thus leaving no protection against the spreading of the rails.

The principal feature of my invention, therefore, is to combine with. the trough A a metallic tie which is provided with the necessary depression in its top side to forma seat forthe trough.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-. I t

1. Arailway metallic crosstie provided with a depression in its upper surface, in combination with the trough A, for the purpose herein described and specified.

2. A railway metallic cross-tie provided with a depression in its upper side to receive the trough, the flanges b d and h and clips-c and bolts 6, for holding the rails in position, all as described and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing im provement in railway metallic cross-ties and trough, as above described, I have hereunto.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. B. Monn s, HENRY VAN PELT. 

